Sports

Ah, now this is a great sports story and yet another reason I absolutely love the NBA.

Drama.

Scorned lovers.

Iâve had a few of those in my day, women with whom I thought Iâd live happily ever after (yeah, right) and now, not only do we not talk, the mere thought of them (and them of me, Iâm sure) brings an uncomfortable shiver, if not an onset of nausea.

Apparently, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen are having a similar type of spat.

This off-season, Ray Allen, former Celtic and still, the prettiest jump shooter in the game, decided to sign on with the Miami Heat, Bostonâs current, most bitter rival.Â It wasnât necessarily the whole âIf you canât beat âem, join âem thing.âÂ Or maybe it was.Â Who knows?

Either way, KG is no longer speaking to his former running mate, telling reporters âI donât have Rayâs number anymore.âÂ That means not only did KG go through the trouble of deleting Ray Ray from his iPhone5, he also went through the trouble of telling us all he did so.

âThatâs a shame.Â Iâm a good person to talk to on the phoneâŚ Iâve been in weird trade situations the last few years. You always felt you had one foot in and one foot out, so I canât worry about it,â responded Allen, who obviously felt conflicted about leaving the tightly-knit Celtics but did what he thought was the right thing to do for his career.

The line of the off-season, however, goes to Dwyane Wade who had Rayâs back by saying â(Garnett) doesnât need to be talking to our team anyway, so itâs all good.âLook, when Carole King asked âdoesnât anybody stay in one place anymore,â she was clearly talking about professional sports in general, and the NBA in particular.Â We all know that KG is a fiery character who still feels, as does any professional athlete, that he can beat any team, any place, at any time, even the Miami Heat.Â But thatâs simply not the truth and Ray Ray realized it.Â Besides, doesnât KG know Allen only played five years in Boston after playing five in Seattle (when they had a basketball team) and another seven in Milwaukee before that? Â (Damn, thatâs a long career!)Rayâs right.Â His name was dangled as trade-bait for much of last year.Â I guess he finally got tired of it.

However you feel about Ray Allen, and his decision to take his talents to South Beach, is ultimately up to you: turncoat, opportunist, or just a smart, smart man.Â Ray wanted another shot at a title.Â He felt joining the Heat was the best way for that to happen.Â For that, he canât be faulted.Â KGâs going to have to live with it.